Julia Child quotes

In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport. (Julia Child)
I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.
Julia Child
The only real stumbling block is fear of failure. In cooking you've got to have a what-the-hell attitude.
Julia Child
You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.
Julia Child
The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.
Julia Child
How can a nation be called great if its bread tastes like kleenex?
Julia Child
Until I discovered cooking, I was never really interested in anything.
Julia Child
Once you have mastered a technique, you barely have to look at a recipe again.
Julia Child
It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.
Julia Child
Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.
Julia Child
You are the butter to my bread, and the breath to my life. (Julia Child)
If you're afraid of butter, use cream.
Julia Child
People who love to eat are always the best people.
Julia Child
This is my invariable advice to people: Learn how to cook- try new recipes, learn from your mistakes, be fearless, and above all have fun!
Julia Child
To be a good cook you have to have a love of the good, a love of hard work, and a love of creating.
Julia Child
...no one is born a great cook, one learns by doing.
Julia Child
You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made,' [Chef Bugnard] said. 'Even after you eat it, it stays with you - always.
Julia Child
We had a happy marriage because we were together all the time. We were friends as well as husband and wife. We just had a good time.
Julia Child
One of the secrets, and pleasures, of cooking is to learn to correct something if it goes awry; and one of the lessons is to grin and bear it if it cannot be fixed.
Julia Child
The more you know, the more you can create. There's no end to imagination in the kitchen.
Julia Child
... the waiters carried themselves with a quiet joy, as if their entire mission in life was to make their customers feel comfortable and well tended. (Julia Child)
There are only four great arts: music, painting, sculpture, and ornamental pastry- architecture being perhaps the least banal derivative of the latter.
Julia Child
A cookbook is only as good as its worst recipe.
Julia Child
A party without cake is just a meeting.
Julia Child
Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need.
Julia Child